When Snoop Dogg recorded a gospel album in 2018, almost every song included a feature from a prominent gospel performer — Marvin Sapp, Tye Tribbett, the Clark Sisters, and many more. This is a classic crossover play: A popular musical outsider recruits key insiders to smooth his transition into a …
Read More »Dylan LeBlanc Visits Studio and Stage in 'Unanswered Questions' Video
“Will we meet again, long after the end?” asks Dylan LeBlanc in the new song “Unanswered Questions,” released via ATO Records on Tuesday. And though the Louisiana native’s latest is a weeper that wrestles with the mystery of what becomes of us when we die, the video feels more like …
Read More »Chance the Rapper, MadeinTYO, DaBaby Release Chaotic Video for 'Hot Shower'
Chance the Rapper, MadeinTYO and DaBaby star in the chaotic new clip for “Hot Shower,” their track off of Chance’s “debut album” The Big Day. The three hip-hop artists play host to several rowdy dance parties in a diner, a gymnasium, a race track and a courtroom. There’s also a loose …
Read More »Shaquille O'Neal Says Damian Lillard Beef Was 'Just For Fun'
Beef? What beef? A month after releasing a diss track aimed at fellow NBA star Damian Lillard, Shaquille O’Neal says he’s already moved on. “The thing that went on for me and him was just for fun,” Shaq declared at this week’s “NBA on TNT American Express Road Show” event …
Read More »Little Big Town Ditch the Music Video Glitz for Live Performance of 'Over Drinking'
Little Big Town eschew the traditional dramatic video treatment in favor of actual musical drama in their engaging new live-performance video for the twangy “Over Drinking.” Nestled into a compact gray room, the foursome — Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook — are joined by a keyboard …
Read More »Tanya Tucker Takes One Final Ride in 'Bring My Flowers Now' Video
Tanya Tucker puts on her finest cowgirl attire and saddles up her horse for one final ride in the elegiac video for “Bring My Flowers Now,” the stunning closing track off her comeback album While I’m Livin‘. Directed by Trey Fanjoy, the clip finds Tucker slowly ambling down a mostly …
Read More »The Six-Decade Odyssey of Kurt Cobain's 'Unplugged' Cardigan
The world’s most expensive cardigan is locked in a gun safe in rural Pennsylvania. It has a mysterious stain in one of its pockets — “some kind of brown, crunchy something in there,” according to the sweater’s owner, which he guesses could be chocolate, or vomit. There’s a missing button …
Read More »How Chris Janson Got Offset on His Song 'Say About Me'
When Chris Janson shot the album cover for his new release Real Friends, out Friday, he went full high-class hillbilly: reclining in a silver-dollar-studded 1964 Pontiac Bonneville that was once owned by Hank Williams Jr. and now resides in the garage of Kid Rock, who loaned it out to the …
Read More »Bebe Rexha Unveils 'You Can't Stop the Girl' Video From 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'
Bebe Rexha has released the music video for “You Can’t Stop the Girl,” the theme for the upcoming Disney movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Directed by Sophie Muller, the clip combines the song’s themes of female empowerment with clips from the film and additional scenes of Bebe Rexha wandering through …
Read More »Pharrell Announces Second Annual Something in the Water Festival
Pharrell Williams has announced the second year of Something in the Water, the multi-day music and culture festival that held its inaugural event this past April in Pharrell’s hometown of Virginia Beach. Something in the Water 2020 will run in two parts. The music portion of the festival will be …
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